A 28-year-old British woman is preparing to set sail on a solo loop of the Arctic Circle to break a record made potentially possible by melting sea ice.

Ella Hibbert, a Yachtmaster sailing instructor based in the Solent, will leave the Haslar Marine in Gosport on Saturday afternoon, travelling towards Iceland and Norway, where she will officially begin the 10,000-mile journey alone on her boat Yeva.

Rebecca Speare-Cole – Standard.co.uk